Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline is using two aircraft from partner Belle Air Europe to launch services from Zurich and Geneva to Pristina, Kosovo.
Darwin Airline, which operates Saab 2000s, used two Belle Air aircraft—an Airbus A319 and A320—to launch daily Zurich-Pristina flights Dec. 14 and a 2X-weekly Geneva-Pristina service Dec. 12.
The route launch is notable because it taps a non-equity partnership signed between Darwin Airline and Belle Air earlier this ...

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